Women's Realm

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12538, 27 April 1935, Page 10

Women's Realm

By “Marie”

HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Do not waste the top shelf of your oven when cooking a joint. Potatoes will cook just as well in a saucepan fix tlie oven, though taking a little more time. *f * v At til’s time of year many people wash their blankets in order to have tire benefit of warm, sunny days. If the blankets have become at all discoloured they should be treated before washing in the following manner :■— Mane a .solution of one part of peroxide of hydrogen and six parts of water. Fill a. bath with the .solution and immerse the blankets. Leave for half an hour before proceeding to wash them. Pastel-coloured, blankets should be dipped after washing m a dye a little darker than their original colour. This will keep them as new and prevent the colours fading. Blanket® with coloured stripes should he dried with the stripes vertical to avoid “running. ” Dry out of doors out of the sun, and revive the nap by beating lightly several times when almost dry. ONE EGG CAKE. Two cnp./i of flour, quarter teaspoon salt, one egg unbeaten, two teaspoons baking powder, four tablespoons butter ,0110 clip of sugar, three quarters cup of milk; sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift together three time*. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat very thoroughly; add flour alternately with the milk, .a small amount at time. Peat each addition until smooth, add vanilla. Bake in a greased (oblong) pan one hour. Spread with chocolate icing on top and sides of the cake. ROMAN MANICURE SET LIKE THOSE OF TO-DAT. A manicure set, dating from Homan times, almost exactly like those ■uf to-day, lias been found m the course of excavations near Szentes on the River Tisza. ,in Hungary, in the never-ending search for the grave of the notorious Attila, the Hun called the Scourge of God, who died in 45.3. The excavations have not disclosed the grave which was made in the heff of the river—the stream being diverted 'from its course for that purpose and then returned to it. But they have revealed hundreds of very old vases containing parchments and coins ns well as human remains from the period of the Huns nud the Homans before them. SLEEK AND TAILORED. HAIR MUST BE IN KEEPING WITH NEW SILHOUETTES. A great den] of the success of ibis season’s silhouettes will depend upon the arrangement of the hair, which promises to he as sleek and “tailored” as in the days when the Eton crop burst upon civilisation. But there won’t be a revival of the trim Eton inasmuch as this vogue relied upon an absolute glossy smoothness for its chic, whereas these days of the Marina- influence find the sleekness arising from a combination of flatness and waves. t The day of curls clustering round the nape of the neck has gone from us and now we find that those same curls considerably shortened and flattened are creeping higher and higher toward the crown of the head, and even over it; and since the Katharine Hepburn hang they have come right over to the eyebrows. Necks now must he closely clipped and trimmed and curlless. Gone are the long straggling locks of which we have seen all too much since permanent waves began to ripple over every woman’s head, and even if it hurts one's sense of economy to see about 30s worth of “perm” curls ruthlessly slaughtered and spread upon tho harbor's floor, the sacrifice is worth while in the cause of fash-

All things considered, therefore, the wisest thing for women of fashion to do is to put themselves entirely into the hands of their hairdresser, ask him to take stock of them and operate according to the silhouette as ho sees it. The sooner all women mend their ways in this regard and insist upon their hairdresser being a creative ar-

NOTES, NEWS and HINTS

USEFUL RECIPES. TESTED AND TRIED. Tomato and Apple Chutney.—Take 31b tomatoes, 31b apples, lib onions or -Jib garlic, 21 h raisins, Jib green ginger, 10 chillies, 21b brown sugar, I dessertspoon cayenne pepper, 3 tablespoons salt, 3 pints vinegar. Peel tomatoes, apples, and onions; scrape ginger, chop all up small, and add other ingredients. Boil till it is the right consistency and there are no watery particles, about 1-J to 2 hours. A Novel Trifle. —For a small trike, , use 1 banana, 2oz dates and 3 small sponge-cakes. First of all beat the banana to a cream with a fork, then add the dates stoned and chopped finely; spread the mixture on the halved spongecakes, and arrange these in a glass or individual .glasses. Pour over a thin custard, and when cold decorate with whipped cream, circles of banana, and in the centre half of a date, split lengthwise. If you'wish to avoid the expense of whipped cream, make an attractive top to any trifle with whipped jelly. To do this, dissolve the icily in the usual way, and when cold beat with a fork till frothy. Pickled ' Tomatoes. —Take 12 tomatoes, salt, 1 pint of vinegar, loz pepper, ioz cloves, 1 dessertspoon mustard seed, -4-07. celery seed, 2 small onions. Choose small and ripe tomatoes, place them in a, deep earthen jar; prick them in two or three places; preserve the juice, putting it away in a covered basin ; sprinkle between each layer of tomatoes a. little salt, and let them stand covered lor three days; at the end of that time wash and dry them. Boil the vinegar with the pepper, cloves, celery seed, mustard seed, and onions (minced), place the tomatoes in jars, pour the preserved juice over them, allow the vinegar to get cold, and pour over; cover the jars closely. The pickle would he ready in about a fortnight. Almond Cakes for Afternoon Tea. —To take these delicious almond cakes yon will require lib flour, Jib butter, I teaspoon ground ginger, { teaspoon ground cloves, level teaspoons baking powder, 607, sugar, f teaspoon mixed spice, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 2 eggs, about teacup of milk. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream. Beat the eggs. Silt the flour, baking powder and spices together, and add flour and liquid alternately to the butter and sugar. Bake in well-buttered patty tins, first putting half an almond ir; each, for about 20 minutes. Tomato Souffle—Take 1. cup tomato pulp, 1 tnblespoonful butter, 2 tablespoonfuls grated cheese, 3 vggs, i-cnp breadcrumbs or crumbled grnnose biscuits. 1 teaspoonful made mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix together all the ingredients except the cctgs and bring to the boil. 'A hen cool add the beaten egg-yolks, and lastly the egg-whites, beaten very stiff. Pour into a buttered dish, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and a little grated cheese, and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes. A. GTFT FOB A QUEEN THE FIB ST SJ r.K STOCKING'S To-day silk stockings are no novelty. We see them on rich and poor, in town and in country. Everyone wears them now, writes a London correspondent. To whom have we to give thanks {'or this luxury which we have come to take for granted? Once women wore stout strips of material wound round their legs from knee to ankle. It must have l>oeh a tedious performance, and the result horribly clumsy and uncomfortable. But it needed as bold a mind then as it does to-day to break with tradition, and modern women should pay a tribute to the heroine who banished “cloth hose” into the limbo of things well forgotten. It was. Queen Elizabeth, the 4Coth anniversary of whose birth was celebrated recently, whose independence of mind struck this blow for freedom. The story of the first pair of silk stockings to he worn by an English* woman can be told in a 'few words. In the autumn of 1560 Mistress Mon tagu—the Queen’s .silk woman—-was mysteriously busy. She collected a large quantity, of fine silk thread, and then ishe sat for hours poring over a piece of . highly intricate work.

PANCAKES. When Malang. Pancakes— Have the batter ready an hour or two before it is wanted for use and allow to stand in a cool place. The batter should be quite smooth and of the consistency of thick custard. Whisk the eggs thoroughly, tho whites and yolks separately. Have the pan and a small quantity of fat hot, and pour in a little batter at a time so that the pancakes are as thin as possible. Keep tho edges of the pancakes free from the pan with a knife and shake the pan lightly to prevent sticking. Plain Pancakes—Take 2 eggs, pinch of salt, 4 tablespoons flour, twothirds pint milk, dripping to frj. Whisk tho eggs thoroughly and pour into a howl containing the flour. Beat tho mixture until it is smooth and quite free from lumps, then add the salt and the milk Stand for an hour or two, then fry. Tf liked, serve with lemon juice and sugar. Khaki Pancakes.—The samp as above with 1 egg omitted and 1 tablespoon of treacle added. Banana Pancakes. —TJso the above mixture and when the pancakes have fried spread them with a banana filling made as follows: Skin and press 3 bananas through a sieve and add a dessertspoon of castor sugar, a tablespoon of cream and a few' drops of lemon juice. Beat together to a smooth cream. Oround Bice Pancakes. —Take 1 dessertspoon ground rice, loz sugar, butter for frying, \ pint new milk, 2 oz butter, 1 egg, pinch of salt. Mix the ground rice and milk smoothly and stir the mixture over a lire until it begins to thicken- T)o not allow’ it to boil. Pour into a basin and stir in the butter. Allow to cool, add the sugar, salt and well-whisked eggs. Fry the pancakes till lightly browned" sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with slices of lemon. FAIRY-TALE PARTY. LITTLE PRINCESSES ATTEND. AN ENCHANTED WOOD. The little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose went to a. most uncommon party recently, states a London correspondent. As the children arrived they were given imitation gold and silver money with which to go shopping, and they took away their purchases in paper carriers. Lady Aster, who is always full of original ideas, gave this party at her house in St. James’s Square, London. It was in honour of the Princesses’ two small cousins, Simon and Davina Bowes-Lyon, aged 2 and 4 years, children of the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon (brother of the Duchess of York). They were staying for a few days with Lady Astor, who is their great-aunt. I A hundred children were invited to this most elaborate party. The house had been transformed into the enchanted wood of the fairy tales. The staircase was framed in snowwhite columns formed by double white cherry trees planted in baskets. and the rooms had been massed with a forest of sweet-smelling bright-flowering trees, planted in wicker baskets and moss, among them an Sft. magnolia in full bloom. In the ballroom toy shops were set up laden with Lilliputian wares. Tiny pots of flowers, and bouquets, with green watering-cans not taller than two inches figured at the flower stall. Other booths held sweets and toys, and the children’s gold and silver money was correct currency for the purchase of any desired object. In case the joys of shopping in the enchanted wood might not prove sufficient entertainment for her small guests Lady Astor had a cinema for them after tea. rrineess Elizabeth wore a simple white chiffon frock, and her hair was tied with a gold ribbon bandeau. Over her frock she wore the white fur coat vvtfnch she had worn at the wedding of the Duchess of Kent. Princess Margaret Rose wore a pink organdie frock, and had a wreath of rosebuds in her hair. Both children arrived liatless at the party—they seldom wear hats—-but- while Princess Margaret Rose was carried from the car under an umbrella into the house, Princess Elizabeth dashed up the steps with no protection from the pouring rain, thus asserting the independence which, is so characteristic of this lively little princess.